New Novel from Elizabeth Strout

I guess I’m late in seeing this, given that the article is dated October 2012, but I’m nevertheless happy to… Read more New Novel from Elizabeth Strout

“Real Job” vs. the Writing Job

A good reason to pursue a job to make money–and writing for the sake of writing, whether or not it… Read more “Real Job” vs. the Writing Job

And, as Virginia Woolf writes in To the Lighthouse: What is the meaning of life?… A simple question; one that… Read more A 2013 Wish…

One of the biggest insults I’ve ever received was meant to be a compliment. When discussing with someone what I… Read more The writer’s search for meaning–in text and in life

Melanctha Herbert always loved too hard and much too often. She was always full with mystery and subtle movements and… Read more Melanctha Herbe…

The latest in my publication news… Earlier this month, a blurb I wrote about the process of writing compressed non-fiction… Read more On writing compressed non-fiction

I give myself a hard time sometimes because when I look in the mirror, I am forced to realize: I… Read more What is writing?

A melee of things I’ve read which seem to resonate with me this week… On Reading & Words: Yet who… Read more Favorite Authors, Quoted

First: Many people have a compulsion to write. There is no law against it and doing it makes them happy… Read more Quote-worthy Hemingway

After not having dressed up for, or really participated in, Halloween for at least 10 years… and having been utterly… Read more Halloween 2012